Operating
in Nigeria’s hugely popular broadcast media market, Channels Television is the
first and only thriving national TV brand, dedicated solely to the
dissemination of news. Channels TV was established with the aim of cultivating
and upholding the highest ideals in reporting the news with objectivity and
fairness, as well as satisfying the right of the individual to be informed. The
Company was licensed in June 1993 and allocated a frequency on UHF (channel
39). It began transmission two years later under the name, “Channels Television”, and now broadcasts to a well discerning
audience of over 20 million people.
The Station has earned a reputation as an aggressive news outlet, which
provides a balanced account of news coverage.
The
establishment of Channels Television as a news Station was in response to the
yearning of Nigerians for a TV Station that will among other things:
Give
an alternative medium of communication to the government and its policies, and
hold public officers accountable to the people;
Accommodate
opposing views;
Inform
and educate the general public on how they are governed, as well as educate
them on their civic responsibilities to the state;
Uphold
the ideals of balanced reporting, objectivity, fairness and the right of the
individual to be informed.
Committed
to presenting the news with proven facts;
Airing
divergent views, irrespective of differences and circumstances;
Airing
News that affects Nigerians;
Ensuring
we give the people a voice;
Channels
TV takes enormous pride in its role of an unbiased, candid observer of events
in Nigeria, and its indisputable position today, as market leader, in its
chosen but exclusive sphere, is an eloquent testimony to its unceasing
innovativeness and remarkable evolution. The Company is home to award-winning
and outstanding broadcasters who have remained one of its key strengths.
Channels
Television Market Position
Channels
Television is the market leader in independent news in Nigeria. BBG-Gallup
research shows Channels attracts 17% of Nigeria’s adult population weekly, or
nearly 20 million people. Channels has received the Best Television Station of
the Year” award from the Nigerian Media Merit Award Trust thirteen of the last
seventeen years. It was the first Nigerian and African media organization to
stream its news and programs live, the first and only TV station in Nigeria
with over 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers,
and the first and only TV company in Nigeria with almost 7,000,000 social media followers, fans, and subscribers.
As
Channels Television already enjoys wide popularity for its English-language
content and operates a professional news organization with a nationwide
reporting network, it is positioned to extend its franchise into northern
Nigeria in Hausa and subsequently into Southern Nigeria in Yoruba and Ibo
languages. Its flagship programs, News
at Ten, Sunrise Daily and Politics
Today are the most popular and most watched television programmes in the
Country.
ACHIEVEMENTS
(AWARDS AND MILESTONES)
A
media Company well known for its enviable records in the media industry in
Nigeria, Channels Television has among other trail blazing achievements:
Won
for 13 times, the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA), as Best Television Station
of the Year;
Only
Nigerian television station to have been recognized at the International Emmy
Awards (nominee for the UNICEF category International Children’s Day of Broadcasting
Production in 2002);
Only
African TV Station to be recognized by UNICEF for Outstanding Production at the
2008 Edition of the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting;
First
Nigerian media organization to stream its news and programs live;
First
Nigerian TV Company to interface with followers via Twitter;
Channels
TV App has been ranked Best App (Apple Store, Nigeria) in all categories;
In the
News and Magazines category (Android store (Nigeria), the premier App is ranked
number 1;
Only
App (Channels TV App) in the Nigerian Android store region which has reached
the 100,000 to 500,000 installs mark;
First
and only Television Company in Nigeria with almost 7,000,000 (seven million)
followers, fans, and subscribers on social media;
First
Television News organization in sub-Saharan Africa;
First
point of reference and confirmation of breaking news stories in Nigeria, by
Nigerians, and Africans in diaspora;
First
media Company to incorporate the use of Skype and Google hangouts in its news
and programs;
Channels
TV has been recognised as ‘Convergence Leader’ in News Media Broadcast
(conferred as one of the Top 20 West African Convergence Leaders by Knowhow
Intelligence Unit);
Rated
the most RELIABLE and TRUSTED source of information by the BBC/REUTERS (2006);
MILESTONES
Channels
TV began operations July 1, 1995 as a full-fledged TV Station with about 25
staff;
Its
first main news anchors were ace broadcasters, John and Sola Momoh;
In
2000, Channels TV launched its website: www.channelstv.com;
In
2003, through its new agreement with Multichoice, the Station began to air on
satellite, on DSTV;
In
recognition of its professionalism and excellence, the Kwara State Government
invited Channels TV in 2004 to help revive and operate its State television
Station, Kwara TV;
In
2009, Channels TV was invited by the Imo State Government to help upgrade and
improve its radio and TV Station;
Covered
US Presidential election in 2009;
In
2011, moved to its own corporate headquarters on Channels TV Avenue, Isheri
north, Lagos state;
Channels
TV began 24-hour broadcast in 2011;
In
2012, covered Ghana and US Presidential elections,
In
2012, Channels TV launched its first mobile app (on Nokia symbian phones and
subsequently, Microsoft Windows phones);
Currently
produces about 95% of its programs in-house;
Has
covered notable international events (sometimes exclusively). These include:
2013
21st AU Summit in Addis Ababa
Coverage
of funeral of Nelson Mandela (South Africa and Lagos), 2013
Coverage
of the first Nigerian President’s visit to China for a bi-lateral meeting, 2013
Summit
on Peace and Security in Africa, held in Paris, France
Coverage
of the deployment of the first set of Nigerian troops to Mali
Exclusive
Nigerian coverage of the 2013 National Independence Day celebrations in London
Only
West African TV Station to cover the 2013 George W. Bush African First Ladies
Conference in Tanzania
Only
West African TV Station to participate in the 2013 Hilary Clinton international
farewell ‘Townterview’
Only
West African TV Station to participate in the 2013 United States of America’s
43rd (and 44th) President town hall meetings (President Obama’s African
‘Townterview’
Has
bureaus across Nigeria;
Has
over one million (1,000,000) followers on YouTube;
The
only Nigerian TV Company to have mobile apps on every platform (Nokia store,
Microsoft Windows store, Google Play store (for Android phones), Apple (iOS)
store, Blackberry);
The
only Nigerian and indeed African TV Network whose programmes are available on
Smart TVs – Apple, Android, Fire and Roku;
In
2014, Channels TV selected as exclusive host broadcaster of the World Economic
Forum on Africa, scheduled for Abuja, Nigeria for May 2014. (channelstv.com)
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